Matthew S. Paoletti
Matthew S. Paoletti
Advisor : Prof. Swinney
mpaoletti@chaos.utexas.edu


Current Research Interests


Internal Wave Reflection
Nonlinear Internal Waves


Publications

Experimental studies of front propagation and mode-locking in an advection-reaction-diffusion system
M. S. Paoletti and T. H. Solomon, Europhys. Lett. 69, 819 (2005).

 

Front propagation and mode-locking in an advection-reaction-diffusion system
M. S. Paoletti and T. H. Solomon, Phys. Rev. E 72, 046204 (2005).

 

Synchronization of oscillating reactions in an extended fluid system
M. S. Paoletti, C. R. Nugent and T. H. Solomon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 124101 (2006).

 

Characterization of reconnecting vortices in superfluid helium
G. P. Bewley, M. S. Paoletti, K. R. Sreenivasan and D. P. Lathrop, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 13707 (2008).

 

Velocity Statistics Distinguish Quantum Turbulence from Classical Turbulence
M. S. Paoletti, Michael E. Fisher and D. P. Lathrop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 154501 (2008).

 

Visualization of Superfluid Helium Flow
M. S. Paoletti, R. B. Fiorito, K. R. Sreenivasan and D. P. Lathrop, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 77, 111007 (2008).

 

Reconnection dynamics for quantized vortices
M. S. Paoletti, Michael E. Fisher and D. P. Lathrop, Physica D 239, 1367 (2010).

 

Quantum Turbulence
M. S. Paoletti and D. P. Lathrop, Ann. Rev. Cond. Matt. Phys. 2, 213 (2011).

 

Angular Momentum Transport in Turbulent Flow between Independently Rotating Cylinders
M. S. Paoletti and D. P. Lathrop, Phys. Rev. Lett 106, 024501 (2011).

 

Propagating and evanescent internal waves in a deep ocean model
M. S. Paoletti and H. L. Swinney, J. Fluid Mechanics 706, 571-583 (2012).

 

Angular momentum transport and turbulence in laboratory models of Keplerian flows
M. S. Paoletti, D. P. M. van Gils, B. Dubrulle, C. Sun, D. Lohse and D. P. Lathrop, Astron. Astrophys. 547, A64 (2012).


Experience


Curriculum Vitae


Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Texas at Austin

Advisor – Professor Harry L. Swinney

September 2010 – Present


Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Maryland at College Park

Advisor – Professor Daniel P. Lathrop

March 2010 – September 2010


Graduate Research Assistant and Fellow

University of Maryland at College Park

Advisor – Professor Daniel P. Lathrop

January 2006 – March 2010


Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Maryland at College Park

September 2005 – December 2005


Education


Ph.D. Physics

University of Maryland at College Park (2010)


B.S. with Honors Physics

Bucknell University (2005)


B.S. Mathematics

Bucknell University (2005)


Honors

American Physical Society Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics (2010)

American Physical Society GSNP Graduate Student Speaker Award (2008)

American Physical Society LeRoy Apker Award (2006)

Recipient of ICTAM Fellowship Grant from the National Academy of Sciences (2012)

Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland (2005-2007)

Bucknell University Phi Beta Kappa Award (2005)

Bucknell University Harold W. Miller Prize (2005)

Bucknell University W. Norwood Lowry Prize (2005)

Member, Phi Beta Kappa (2005)

Member, Sigma Pi Sigma (2004)